Bennett, William Hedley, Lance Corporal, 24242, 139th Company, Machine Gun Corps
Formerly 1656, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Disembarked for service 28th February 1915 with 1st/6th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment with the rank of Lance Corporal
Born Peak Forest, Derbyshire
Enlisted Peak Dale, Derbyshire
Died of wounds 12th May 1917 aged 22
Son of Henry Smith Bennett and Sarah Ann Bennett, of Peak Dale, Wormhill, Derbyshire.
Buried in Calais Southern Cemetery, Plot G, Row 2, Grave 17

Note: Recorded as Hedley Bennett on the First World War Medal Roll

1911 Census
A general labourer
Son of Henry Smith Bennett, a weighing machine clerk, and Sarah Ann Bennett, of Small Knowl End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire

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